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Musashi was a battleship belonging to the Imperial Japanese Navy. With
her sister ship Yamato, she was a member of the largest and most heavily
armoured class of battleships ever constructed.
She formed part of Vice-Admiral Takeo Kurita's Centre Force along with
Yamato at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. During the battle, on October 22, 1944
she was attacked and sunk by American carrier-based aircraft armed with
bombs and torpedoes, taking more than 1000 of her 2900 crew with her.
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